Tie fastener



Aug. 13;`1929.

G. L. NIKOLOPOULOS TIE FASTENER v Filgd July 28, 1927 ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 13, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TIE FASTEN ER.

Application filed J'uly 28,

My present invention is primarily directed to a fastener for the split band portion of a four-in-hand necktie, but obviously is not to be restricted to this particular use and my object is the provision of a fastening means thatl may be readily attached, adjust-ably sustained and effectively supported upon a band or the like and in which the interengagement between the hook and eye members of the fastener is such as to positively insure their proper association when connected and at the same time permitl of gle ready association of the fastener memrs. To the attainment of the foregoing the improvement resides in certain other novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, one satisfactory embodiment of which is disclosed by the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of a necktie having its split neck-band connected in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2`2 of Figure l.

Figures 3, 4 and 5 are perspective views of the element constituting the eye member of the fastener.

In the drawings, the numeral l designates a four-in-hand necktie having a split neckband 2. On they ends of the band 2 there are secured my improved fastening means.

Each of the fastener members includes a flat body portion 3 whose edges are preferably beveled inwardly from its inner to its outer end so thatJ the body is substantially wedge-shaped. Each body 3, at al point adjacent to its outer end, is formed with a slot or opening 4 for the reception of the angle tongue portion 5 on one end of a plate 6, whose second end is bent and toothed, as at 7. Designed to be slid over the edges of the plates 3 and 6 to hold these members properly associated and likewise to cause the teeth of the member 6 to penetrate the band 2 there is a wedge member 9. The member 9 comprises a flat plate having its ends bent 1927. Seria1 No. 209,082.

outwardly in the same direction, as at l0, and from thence the said ends are bent inwardly, as at 1l. The parts l0 are disposed at inward inclinations from one to the second end of the plate 9. The slidable wedge, as stated, effectively associates the plates 3 and 6. One of the plates 3 is formed, outward of the slot or opening 4, with an elongated opening or eye 12, while the second plate 3 has its outer edge, at the central portion thereof reduced and bent upon itself to provide a hook portion 13 designed to be received through the opening 12 and to engage with the outer wall 14 provided by said opening.

The simplicity of the constructionand the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art to which such invention relates when the foregoing description has been carefully read in connection with the accompanying drawings, but obviously I do not wish to be restricted to the precise construction herein described nor to any particular material employed although the fastener is preferably constructed of metal.

Having described the invention, I claim:

A fastener comprising hook and eye members for the ends of a split neck band or the like, each member comprising two plates designed to be arranged on the opposite faces at the end of a neck band or the like, one of said plates having an opening there` through and the other of said plates having an offset tongue to be received through said opening, one of said plates having an inwardly bent end which is toothed, a wedge member slidable over both of the plates for forcing the same toward each other and for clamping the plates on t-he neck band, one of said plates forming va part of the eye member having an opening therethrough, and one of said plates forming a part of the hook member having a hook to be received through said opening.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

GEORGE L. NIKOLOPOULOS. 

